Going Concern
MARCH 31, 2023
Big 4 EY Fails to Reach Deal on Split [ Wall Street Journal ] The unexpected revolt that has upended the planned breakup of accounting firm Ernst & Young is being driven by two longtime U.S. auditors who believe their part of the firm could end up weakened by a deal. People did not enjoy that.
CPA Practice
APRIL 12, 2023
A talent shortage is affecting accounting firms across the demographic spectrum. Each year fewer accountants enter the profession while more CPAs near retirement. According to the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the number of U.S. Has the CPA license entered a death spiral?
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Going Concern
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
There’s another article about the accountant shortage today and this time it’s in Insider. Kachelmeier has seen accounting majors decline between 20% to 40% over the past few years at his school and like many in the profession he believes that the key to fixing the shortage lies in pitching accounting to young people.
Going Concern
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
But experts say one thing that young professionals can do, including young accountants, is to be more patient. Let’s say they’re in public accounting, and they get assigned to an engagement with a manager or client they don’t particularly like,” asked Maginnis. “Or That can be a tough fight to win.
Going Concern
MARCH 21, 2023
Was ChatGPT sent to us from the future to rescue the industry from the pipeline crisis by filling open accounting jobs with cyborgs and sentient machines? Accounting is ridiculously rules-based: assets = liabilities plus equities; debits = credits; cash in > cash out, etc. It isn’t just another game, it’s a different sport.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 8, 2019
As pressure continues to mount on the so-called Big Four corporate auditors in both Australia and the U.K., Grant Thornton is expected to divest Sports Direct as a client next month amid rising concerns over the company’s accounting practices, with the auditor separately announcing plans to take a “line by line” review of its clients.
Going Concern
APRIL 21, 2023
Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. But that might be the least of it: The outlook for EY’s business of charging for advice and accounting is getting weaker in the U.S. A failed breakup attempt cost the company $600 million.
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